RICHMOND, Calif. — For Jose Barrera, the horrifying memory of his 14-year-old son’s unsolved murder is a Google search away.

The teenager, Kevin Barrera, was shot to death four years ago, but the grim crime scene remains on Google Maps’ satellite image of Richmond, a haunting reminder of the August 2009 killing.

While the Internet giant Monday said it will take the unusual step of removing the image as quickly as possible, the elder Barrera said it has already traumatized his family. His stepdaughter, a 26-year-old University of California at Berkeley student, has struggled to sleep since the family discovered the image Friday, he said.

“All the memories are coming back to four years ago,” Jose Barrera said. “I’m in shock.”

Kevin was shot and killed the night of Aug. 14, 2009, on a footpath crossing the railroad tracks that separate North Richmond from San Pablo. His body was discovered by a passer-by the next morning. The crime was never solved.

Google Maps’ satellite image shows Kevin’s body, a police patrol car and what appear to be police officers examining the scene near the tracks.

A local TV news station notified the elder Barrera of the image on Friday, prompting him to publicly call for Google to remove it.

Google responded directly to Barrera and news outlets, saying the company is “looking at different technical solutions” to replace the image. It could take eight days to do so, officials said.

“Our hearts go out to the family of this young boy,” Brian McClendon, vice president of Google Maps, said in a statement. “Google has never accelerated the replacement of updated satellite imagery from our maps before, but given the circumstances we wanted to make an exception in this case.”

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